IRS Encourages Taxpayers to Take Advantage of Overlooked Tax Benefits 
The Internal Revenue Service urged taxpayers to take a moment before they file their income tax returns to be sure they do not overlook several important benefits to which they may be entitled.
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Cut Your Taxes: Part 1 - Tips on How to Save on Taxes 
When it comes to tax preparation, those who wait, can cheat themselves out of possible deductions.
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Two prescriptions for health care 
HOUSE “Cover All Kids” plan provides coverage to 70,000 children now uninsured. Expands dependent coverage to unmarried children under 25. Establishes a task force to design plan for universal coverage by 2010. Requires uniform billing to control costs. Establishes Health Insurance Exchange to help Minnesotans buy tax-free health coverage. Includes 3 percent pay increases for nursing …
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Shoppers shrug at sales tax increase 
Pinole’s sales tax rate is about to rise by a half-cent on the dollar, and Bruce Lien of San Pablo doesn’t like it one bit. “It sucks! It sucks! It sucks!” Lien said as he came out of Best Buy in the Pinole Vista Crossing shopping center toting a double DVD of a TV show, for which he paid $34.99 plus $2.89 tax.
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10 tax blunders that can cost you 
It’s virtually guaranteed to happen every year - the IRS gets a slew of tax returns loaded with errors.
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House questions rulings that help tax-exempt bonds for sports stadiums 
WASHINGTON - The controversy over public funding for a new Seattle SuperSonics basketball arena took center court at a congressional hearing Thursday as the chairman of a House subcommittee suggested recent IRS rulings making it easier to sell tax-exempt bonds for sports stadiums might have to be changed.
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Finally, tax relief for those who need it 
Just two days after a bill to raise the tax on cigarettes and lower the sales tax on groceries was killed, the Mississippi Senate gave final approval Thursday to one that would lower the sales tax on some entertainment.
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